Darren Barclay
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How I made my own granite surface plate
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How I built a wooden Xylophone
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Rebuilding the Cross slide on the Mini lathe
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How I made a Power Feed for my Milling Machine
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Making more upgrades to the mini lathe
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VEVOR 4” machine Vise!! Is it worth it??
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Vintage Stanley No 78(rebate plane) Restoration
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Making essential upgrades to my mini lathe
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How I made a Japanese style mini garden bridge
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How I made my own Heat treating oven.
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How to Restore a Vintage Tyzack dovetail saw
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Don’t throw away your old carbide inserts
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Can I turn this £10 plane into a £300 plane
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Easy Mini lathe project ( MACHINIST JACKS )
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Much needed spindle bearing replacement
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How I made a YO-YO on the mini lathe
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Restoring a Stanley No 71 router plane
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Eventually making a plane iron screwdriver.
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Darren Barclay
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Darren Barclay
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My channel is part of a journey of discovery in the things i love, working with passion and dedication; cultivating a strong mental attitude whilst growing in skill and knowledge.

I can only hope to be an inspiration to others, to help motivate you to try new things, to push yourself to grow and expand your perspective and attitude in life, to find that thing that makes you smile by working with your own hands.

What you’ll see on the channel will be woodworking, metalworking, tool making, restoration, general making, creating and tinker.

If I can do it so can you, believe in yourself and push yourself out the box of comfortability and you’ll see what’s out there and maybe discover something new something life changing, you’ll never know unless you take that step.

I hope you enjoy my content as I push myself to create entertaining, educational and inspiring videos.

If you want to get in contact with me, you can email me at

buildsomething77@gmail.com


God bless.


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Darren Barclay Hey guys in case you missed this video of making this cool wee birdhouse here it is for you to check it out. (3 years ago)
 
 
Darren Barclay Just wanted to thank all my subscribers, just hit 800 i am thankful to all yous who watch my videos yous are legends. (3 years ago)
 
 
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htarold (2 years ago)
When grinding 2 pieces, the upper piece tends to go concave, as when it overhangs the lower piece, the middle gets ground more but the sides don't get touched. Similarly the lower piece ends up convex. The folks who grind their own mirrors for telescopes make use of this phenomenon to get the correct curvature.
jumpi1 (2 years ago)
I use silicon carbide for lapping granite on granite. It cuts pretty fast, but also breaks down fast. It is not embedding in the surface (compared to Diamond) and you can get it dirt cheap online.
abitoffcenter383 (2 years ago)
Having just stumbled upon your channel, because what this vid is about. I've gotta say, Great work!! I like to think I'm pretty clever when it comes to making the tools I might need. Mostly because I can't afford to just go out and buy them. I'm not sure if I'd have come up with or attempted to do this. Outstanding Sir!!
bashkillszombies (6 months ago)
I need to be lapped. I have a lot of tension and stresses that need to be released.
ionutandrasesc2376 (1 month ago)
gery good. i might do like you.
ryteulopki8069 (9 months ago)
Cast iron brake discs ;)
ronkellis769 (2 years ago)
Great job! I'm going deaf and use closed captions all the time. Half the fun is watching the AI trying to work with the accent. No worries, I know we in the States butcher everything Glad I stumbled across your channel.
k.hussain360 (2 years ago)
Good work Darren, hats off to you for having the patience to do it.
senorjp21 (2 years ago)
Never saw somebody actually do this. Very interesting